Belt Family History

Belt Name Meaning

English and North German: metonymic occupational name for a leather belt or strap maker, from Middle English belt(e), Middle Low German balt. German: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Baldher (see Belter). North German: habitational name from a place called Beelte (see Belter 2).

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